Beauty mitten



W. BURKE BEAUTY MITTEN Dec. 2 7, 1938.

Filed sept. 18, 1937 Patented Dec. 27, 1938 UNIT STTES PATEN'I` OFFICEBEAUTY MITI'EN Wanda Burke, New York, N. Y.

Application September 18, 1937, Serial No. 164,469

2 Claims. (CL 2158) This invention relates to a covering for the handfor use during the treatment of the skin of the hand whereby theointment or lotion used is held in the desired place so as to secure thedesired 5 result.

An object of the. invention is to provide a covering for the hand in thegeneral form of a mitten which may be applied without any appreciablesliding or relative movement of the hand or the l covering.

Another object of the invention is to provide a. covering that may beapplied to the hand or removed without appreciably disturbing anyointment or lotion previously applied to the hand, the

l structure being such that when in use it will not only cover the handbut will permit the thumb and ngers to relax so as to permit a normalflow of blood throughout the hand.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a beauty mitten disclosing an embodiment ofthe invention;

Fig. 2 is a Vrear view of the structure shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view through Fig. 1 approximately on the line 3-3.

The mitten shown in the drawing may be made from knit material or wovenmaterial as preferred, but preferably from light material which isyielding and also comparatively soft. 'I'he yarn used in making themitten may be silk, cotton,

rayon, or other suitable material.

In forming the mitten there is provided a body I which at one end mergesinto the wrist section 2 and at the other end into a rectangular fingersection or cot 3 which is closed at the end 4 as well as at the sidesand back. Preferably integral with the body I are the thumb and littlefinger cots 5 and 6. From the drawing it will be seen that the thumb cot5 extends from the side of the mitten at an angle substantially equal toa fortyflve degree angle from a longitudinal central line drawn throughthe mitten. Also the thumb cot 5 is closer to the wrist section 2 thanthe little finger cot 6. It will be noted also from Figs. I

4.3 and 2 that the little finger cot 6 is at an appreciably less anglethan the thumb cot. This is to permit the various fingers to properlyrelax.

The cot 3 is sufciently large to'permit the three rst fingers toseparate Slightly if desired.

50 In case the thumb and all of the fingers are moved into contact witheach other, there is a slight strain between all the fingers and thumb.

This is particularly true of the thumb and little finger. In case thehand is laid on a ilat support c5 and allowed to relax properly, it willbe noted that the thumb will move to almost a forty-ve degree angle andthe little linger will separate from the next nger. The construction andposition of the cots 5 and 6 accomodate this automatic relaxing actionof the hand. 'l'he three other fln- 5 gers move slightly apart andparticularly the first finger moves slightly away from the second nger.This action is accommodated by the width of the cot 3.

As shown in Fig. 2, the wrist part 2, body i and l0 part of cot 3 aredivided or formed with an opening extending from the wrist end of themitten to substantially centrally of the cot 3. The sides of the openingare connected by a suitable slide fastener 1, although other fasteningmeans could l5 be used without departing from the spirit of theinvention. If desired the opening and slide fastener could extend almostto the closed end 4, although ordinarily this is not necessary. However,the opening preferably extends beyond the 20 end of the thumb 'cot 5 andto a point almost equal to the end of the small finger cot 6. The ideaof having a long opening of this kind is to permit the hand to beinserted into the mitten with substantially no relative sliding movementbetween the 25 hand and the mitten.

When using the mitten the hand is covered or treated as desired with alotion or ointment and naturally the lotion or ointment is placed at thepoints desired or over the entire hand. It is de- 30 sired that thislotion or ointment shall remain in place until it has performed itsfunction. Where an ordinary glove is used there is a relative slidingmovement between the hand and the glove. This will scrape 0H or move theointment away 35 from the places to be treated. By the constructionshown in the accompanying drawing the mitten is laid wide open and thethree rst fingers are loosely placed in the cot 3 while the thumb andlittle finger are inserted into the cots 5 and 6. 40 The side portions 8and 9 of the body and associated sections are then folded over to asubstantially closed position and the fastener 'I caused to function tocomplete the closing action and to hold the mitten in its closedposition. By this construction the wrist section 2 may be made to rathersnugly t the wrist without causing the removal of any of the ointment.However, the entire hand and part of the wrist are covered so that thebed clothes when the device is used at night will not be soiled and yetthe treatment will form its desired function. The treatment will alsotake place with the various parts of the hand including the ngers andthumb in a relaxed condition. While normally the hand in the mitten isallowed 56 to relax as much as possible, sometimes it may be necessaryto grasp an object and when this occurs the thumb and little nger may bebrought together readily for this purpose.

I claim:

1. A beauty mitten comprising a body merging at one end into a wristsection and at the other *fend into a.. substantially rectangularsection hav- 2. A beauty mitten for covering a hand and holding a lotionin place comprising a mitten structure having a substantiallyrectangular nger section closed at its outer'end adapted to receive therst three lingers ofthe hand, a thumb cot at one side edge of the mittenextending at substantially a forty-ve degree angle from the longitudinalcenter of the mitten, a little finger cot at the opposite edge of themitten positioned further from the wrist part of the mitten than thetnumb and extending from the mitten at an. appreciably less angle thanthe thumb, said mitten at the front being open from the wrist end tosubstantially midway of said rectangular iinger section and beyond theouter end of said thumb cot, and a slide lfastener for closing saidopening.

.WANDA BURKE.

